The finance minister on Thursday (June 1) proposed an increase in allocation for the ICT Division by Tk 452 crore to Tk 2,368 crore in the budget for 2023-24 fiscal year. According to him, the 23.59 per cent rise in allocation in the ministry comes as the government has set out a plan

More than 18 crore mobile SIMs are being used while 13 crore people are using the internet across the country. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal came up with the information while placing national budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 at the Jatiya Sangsad here today (June 1). 

Global leaders should be working to red­u­­ce “the risk of extinction” from artificial intelligen­ce technology, a group of ind­ustry chiefs and experts warned on Tuesday, urging policymakers to equate its threat on a par with risks posed by pandemics and

Steve Wozniak is no fan of Elon Musk. In February, the Apple co-founder described the Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter owner as a “cult leader” and called him dishonest. Yet, in late March, the tech titans came together, joining dozens of high-profile academics, researchers and

Apple supplier Foxconn is ramping up efforts to recruit more workers for the world's largest iPhone factory, ahead of the launch of a new model. Foxconn says new workers at its plant in Zhengzhou, China will get bonuses of up to 3,000 yuan ($424; £343) if they stay in the job

Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink on Thursday said it had received the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval to launch its first-in-human clinical study. On at least four occasions since 2019, Musk has predicted that his medical device company would

Apple on Tuesday announced a multi-billion-dollar collaboration with US tech firm Broadcom to make “cutting edge” components for wirelessly connecting to high-speed 5G telecom networks. The iPhone maker did not specify exactly how many billions of dollars it would put into

WhatsApp says it will allow users to edit messages, in a move that will see it match a feature offered by competitors like Telegram and Signal. The firm says messages can be edited for up to 15 minutes after being sent. The instant-messaging service is part of US technology giant

U.S. tech giant Meta has been hit with a record €1.2 billion fine for not complying with the EU’s privacy rulebook. The Irish Data Protection Commission announced on Monday that Meta violated the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when it shuttled troves of personal

China says products made by US memory chip giant Micron Technology are a national security risk. The country's cyberspace regulator announced on Sunday that America's biggest maker of memory chips poses "serious network security risks". It means the firm's

Apple has previewed software features for cognitive, vision, hearing, and mobility accessibility, along with innovative tools for individuals who are nonspeaking or at risk of losing their ability to speak.  These updates draw on advances in hardware and software, include

OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT chatbot, said on Thursday it is introducing the ChatGPT app for Apple’s iOS. The ChatGPT app is free to use and would sync history across devices, OpenAI said. “ChatGPT Plus subscribers get exclusive access to GPT-4’s

ABG Technologies Limited, a concern of Bashundhara Group, has been awarded with payment service provider (PSP) licence to run electronic wallet in the country. Payment system department of Bangladesh Bank issued a circular on Thursday regarding the development. The PSP is a

SME Foundation and E-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (E-CAB) will work together to make the country's entrepreneurs smarter and more efficient in information technology to build 'Smart Bangladesh'. An agreement in this regard has been signed between both the

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte on Wednesday signed legislation to ban Chinese-owned TikTok from operating in the state to protect residents from alleged intelligence gathering by China, making it the first U.S. state to ban the popular short video app. Montana will make it unlawful

Twitter's decision to block certain content in Turkey the day before its presidential election was wrong, says the founder of Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales told the BBC his organisation had spent two and a half years in court to avoid similar demands made by Turkey in the past. He said

He announced the news on the social media platform, which he bought last year for $44bn (£35bn). Mr Musk did not name the site's new boss but said "she" would start in six weeks, and he would become executive chairman and chief technology officer. Reports said

Elon Musk has announced the end of his search for the next CEO of Twitter. In a Twitter post on Thursday, Musk said the unnamed woman would take over from him in about six weeks. Musk added that he would transition to executive chair and chief technology officer “overseeing

A British national extradited to the US last month has pleaded guilty in New York to a role in one of the biggest hacks in social media history. The July 2020 Twitter hack affected over 130 accounts including those of Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Joseph James O'Connor, 23, known

LinkedIn, the social media network owned by Microsoft that focuses on business professionals, said on Monday it will cut 716 jobs as demand wavers, while also shutting down its China-focused jobs app. LinkedIn, which has 20,000 employees, grew revenue in each quarter in 2022, but it